The probability that we could beat Quins at home was always quite high (we’ve done it seven times in the last ten years). Even beating them and scoring five tries is worth a punt. Beating them, scoring five tries and denying them anything is just crazy talk.
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Oh, I do enjoy a good, spicy Curry…
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I fear that this defeat may mark the final scuppering of the season for Sale. But let’s not blame this performance for that – look rather at a lack of bonus points and several earlier defeats that really should not have been.
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Retreat, rest, recuperate, recover, regroup.
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On reflection, this result has been on the cards since pretty much the start of the season. Stuttering against Saints first up, the debacles at Exeter and Quins, unconvincing against Newcastle and ponderous against Bath and Sarries. The engine has been misfiring from the outset.
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Hmm. It seems that, perhaps, Asher is human after all.
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Attempt number four to write something coherent about a complex reaction to this game and to the season so far.
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Saturday afternoon, six-fifteen, Sarries-Northampton has just finished. I’m sitting in my armchair, thinking, “We’re still top. How did that happen?”
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It was suggested to me after the game that I should find an alternative to ‘squeaky bum time’ as that phrase was in danger of getting worn out through over-use.
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I may have been a bit previous last week when I suggested that we’d maybe got over the habit of going in at halftime well ahead and blowing it in the second half.
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an old grey dog 
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